Friday, April 25
Bryan-College Station
8:10 PM
Texas A&M
40-7, 13-5
5
vs
7
Arkansas
35-9, 11-8
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2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Arkansas
0
3
0
0
3
0
1
7
9
1
Texas A&M
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
5
6
3
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Robyn Herron (15-4)
L: Kennedy, Emiley (16-4)
S: Payton Burnham (3)
Batting:
HR: Ella McDowell 1 ; Courtney Day 1
RBI: Raigan Kramer 1 ; Ella McDowell 3 ; Courtney Day 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Raigan Kramer 1 ; Bri Ellis 1 ; Ella McDowell 2 ; Courtney Day 1 ; Atalyia Rijo 1 ; Karlie Davison 1
HBP: Bri Ellis 1 ; Courtney Day 1
Batting:
2B: Dement, KK 1
HR: Perez, Mya 1
RBI: Perez, Mya 2 ; Dement, KK 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Harper, Amari 1 ; Perez, Mya 1 ; Lovell, Scout 1 ; Golden, Hailey 1 ; Enright, Allie 1
SB: Powell, Kennedy 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
rf/1b
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics
No. 2 Texas A&M Falters in Series Opener Against No. 9 Arkansas, 7-5
Apr 26, 2025 | Softball
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 2 Texas A&M softball team fell behind the eight ball early, while its late rally fell short in the series opener against No. 9 Arkansas, 7-5, Friday night at Davis Diamond.
Miscues proved to be costly as Texas A&M (40-7, 13-5 SEC) was doomed by three errors leading to three unearned runs, while the offense hung two crooked frames for a late rally before falling short in its second consecutive SEC loss.
After a scoreless first inning, Arkansas (35-9, 11-8 SEC) drew first blood with a lead off home run in the second frame. The ensuing batter reached on a fielding error, followed by a single and another Razorback reaching on an error to double the lead. Arkansas added to the lead with an RBI ground out, before sitting the Aggies down in order in the bottom half as Texas A&M trailed, 3-0, through two innings of play.
Aggie starter Emiley Kennedy settled down and retired 10 straight batters before Arkansas strung together consecutive singles. The Razorbacks hung their second crooked frame with a three-run home run as the Maroon & White trailed, 6-0, heading to the bottom of the fifth.
Texas A&M found the scoreboard after Allie Enright reached on a three-base fielding error to right field, while KK Dement followed with an RBI double to center field to cut into the deficit, 6-1.
Grace Sparks entered the circle in the sixth and yielded a leadoff single before the Aggie defense turned a 5-4-3 double play and a foul out to end the top half. The Maroon & White loaded the bases with no outs after Amari Harper walked, Mya Perez singled and Mac Barbara walked. Wooley hit into a fielder's choice with the force out at home, followed by a strikeout. Dement lined a two-out single to right center to score pinch runners Scout Lovell and Hailey Golden to make it a three-run game, 6-3.
Arkansas added an insurance run in the seventh, scoring on a bases-loaded two-out fielding error. Trailing four runs, 7-3, Harper singled through the left side as Perez followed with a home run off the video board to come within two, 7-5. Barbara earned her third walk of the game, before a ground out exhausted all hope of a late Aggie comeback.
Kennedy was saddled with the loss moving to 16-4 on the season after going 5.0 innings and allowing four earned runs on six hits.
NEXT UP
Saturday's game two is slated for 4 p.m. and can be streamed on SEC Network+ with Donna Conrad (analyst) and Will Johnson (play-by-play) in the booth.
NOTES
QUOTES
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
Miscues proved to be costly as Texas A&M (40-7, 13-5 SEC) was doomed by three errors leading to three unearned runs, while the offense hung two crooked frames for a late rally before falling short in its second consecutive SEC loss.
After a scoreless first inning, Arkansas (35-9, 11-8 SEC) drew first blood with a lead off home run in the second frame. The ensuing batter reached on a fielding error, followed by a single and another Razorback reaching on an error to double the lead. Arkansas added to the lead with an RBI ground out, before sitting the Aggies down in order in the bottom half as Texas A&M trailed, 3-0, through two innings of play.
Aggie starter Emiley Kennedy settled down and retired 10 straight batters before Arkansas strung together consecutive singles. The Razorbacks hung their second crooked frame with a three-run home run as the Maroon & White trailed, 6-0, heading to the bottom of the fifth.
Texas A&M found the scoreboard after Allie Enright reached on a three-base fielding error to right field, while KK Dement followed with an RBI double to center field to cut into the deficit, 6-1.
Grace Sparks entered the circle in the sixth and yielded a leadoff single before the Aggie defense turned a 5-4-3 double play and a foul out to end the top half. The Maroon & White loaded the bases with no outs after Amari Harper walked, Mya Perez singled and Mac Barbara walked. Wooley hit into a fielder's choice with the force out at home, followed by a strikeout. Dement lined a two-out single to right center to score pinch runners Scout Lovell and Hailey Golden to make it a three-run game, 6-3.
Arkansas added an insurance run in the seventh, scoring on a bases-loaded two-out fielding error. Trailing four runs, 7-3, Harper singled through the left side as Perez followed with a home run off the video board to come within two, 7-5. Barbara earned her third walk of the game, before a ground out exhausted all hope of a late Aggie comeback.
Kennedy was saddled with the loss moving to 16-4 on the season after going 5.0 innings and allowing four earned runs on six hits.
NEXT UP
Saturday's game two is slated for 4 p.m. and can be streamed on SEC Network+ with Donna Conrad (analyst) and Will Johnson (play-by-play) in the booth.
NOTES
- Mya Perez hit her 13th homer, while recording her 58th and 59th RBI. The sophomore moved to No. 6 on the Aggie all-time individual season RBI list.
- Perez recorded her 15th multi-hit game of the season and 17th multi-RBI game of the season finishing the night 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI.
- KK Dement went 2-for-3, 1 2B, 3 RBI. It marked her team-leading 14th double of the season, while she extended her career-high on-base streak to 12 games.
- Amari Harper went 1-for-3, 1 BB, 1 R and extended her career-high on base streak to 22 games, which matches a team best set by Mya Perez earlier in the year.
- Emiley Kennedy struck out three batters, moving into sole possession of No. 9 on the Aggie all-time strikeouts list with 530 career punchouts. Tonight marked only the second time this season the senior did not walk a batter in at least 5.0 innings of work.
- Koko Wooley made her 200th career start in the Maroon & White.
- Texas A&M scored five runs, bringing its season total to 345, which ranks sixth most in program history.
QUOTES
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
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